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CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT FOR COUNCIL MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 17, 1996 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council APPROVAL: Ma)" FreemanVTQrim City Manager FROM: 'D Zamora Community Deve t Director SUBJECT: Approve the Reprogramming of $5,000 of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds from the Contingency Account to "Senior Minor Home Repair Program." DATE: September 5, 1996 BACKGROUND: There is a current balance of $15,766 in the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Contingency Account. The funds are reserved for recommended allocation by District One Councilmember Don Sanders. The Steelworkers Oldtimers Foundation currently operates a Senior Minor Home Repair Program that provides minor home repair services for senior citizens in the County unincorporated areas. They submitted a Community Development Block Grant application to the City for Fiscal year 1996-97, requesting $10,000 to serve Colton seniors. Unfortunately, the project was not funded. DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: The Community Development Department has received inquiries from seniors requesting information and assistance for minor home and mobile home repair services. Recently, Jean Hardt, a Colton resident and senior advocate, approached the Council and stated the need to support and provide funds for this program. Councilmember Sanders is amiable to allocating $5,000 to the program from his contingency account to the program, on the condition that it be returned to his account from the City's Fiscal Year 1997-98 Community Development Block Grant allocation. Staff recommends that the City Council support this action. The program will be available city-wide, on a first-come, first-served basis, until the funds are exhausted. It is restricted to senior citizens, 60 years or older, who own their own home or mobile home in Colton. ALTERNATIVES: The City Council has the option not to fund the program. FINANCIAL IMPACT: No impact to the City General Fund. The requested action will reprogram $5,000 of Community Development Block Grant Contingency Funds to the Steelworkers Oldtimers Fou a io on -pr9fi�poration, which administers and operates the program. ZAMOtp4, Corrhmunity Development Director ITEM No. 3